Tag: Festival
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Mac-n-Cheese Week 2017
I hope you’ve been wearing your eatin-pants all week! The third annual Mac-n-cheese week is bigger than ever before with more restaurants, crazier recipes and of course plenty of ooey-gooey Mac-n-cheese to go around. From April 3rd to 10th over 30 restaurants across Montreal and Quebec City have developed plenty of fun new takes on…
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Happening Gourmand 10: Food Edition
Happening Gourmand has been treating us to some great food for a full decade. Feast your eyes on some of the food we sampled at the launch late last week. Running until February 5th, 9 restaurants throughout Old Montreal will be serving up specially created lunch and three course dinner specials. This combined with some…
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Oktoberfest At Home!
Handed down to the modern world from Bavarian tradition, Oktoberfest is synonymous with getting together for a good time and enjoying good food and of course, the best beer and wine. Even though its easy to spend every night of the week out in Montreal, trying new restaurants, bars and cafes, sometimes it’s great to…
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Omnivore 2016
From the 16th to the 19th of September, Montreal will be getting culinarily creative at Omnivore. This highly anticipated international food festival is presented in collaboration with the Société des Arts et Technologies (SAT) and will feature four days packed with activities and will feature both local chefs and guest chefs from around the world. …
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Osheaga Day 2
Saturday’s helping of music was much more engaging that Friday’s lineup. Including standout performances from Coeur de Pirate and Lana de Rey, the ladies ruled the night. We started the second day of Osheaga with Bastille. The British rockers have been around the festival block a few times now and they are old pros at…
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Osheaga Day 1
My first ever experience at Osheaga was an overload to my senses. With the sights, smells and sounds of the music and art festival still fresh in my brain, here’s what I thought of the shows I saw. On Friday we arrived mid-afternoon and wandered around the site before settling down inside the VIP area…
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My First Osheaga
Osheaga is without a doubt one of Canada’s largest and most important music festivals. The three day gathering drew over 135,000 fans from around the world to hear their favorite bands, musicians and DJ’s give one-of-a-kind live performances. The work that goes into planning and executing the festival is bigger than any of us can…
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All The Right Moves
Montreal’s Famous Sala Convention returns this May for it’s 12th edition and we are sending two lucky Latin dance lovers to the competition. Running from the 19th to the 23rd, Sala lovers will kick up their heels and set the dance floor on fire with their smooth latin moves! Featuring international artists, world renowned DJs,…
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The Winter Tradition
Montréal en Lumière is one of Montreal’s most anticipated winter festivals. Framed within the festivals programming are tons of outdoor actives, concerts, food stops and more. For the 4th year in a row, La Cuvée returns under the MEL banner with a focus on local craft beer and spirits. From the 25th to the 27th…
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Pass Pour Poutine
With bikini season still months away here in Montreal, there’s no better time to indulge in heaps of everyone’s favourite comfort food, poutine. Starting tomorrow, February 1st and continuing all week until the 7th, La Poutine Week is back for its 4th edition and this year its bigger and better than ever before. This year…
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YUL EAT 2nd Edition
The second edition of YUL EAT satiated the appetite of over 103,000 foodie festival-goers during the three day festival held in Montreal’s Old Port at the Clock Tower Beach. The sun was shining and the weather was warm as Montrealers gathered to celebrate one of the things our city does best, delicious food. From open…
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Oysterfest 2015
This year’s Oysterfest was bigger than ever before. Raising money for charity, the festival gathered thousands of food and music lovers to the new location at the Peel Basin for two days of sampling delicious food, listening to local music, watching and participating in plating and cocktail competitions and of course shucking over 30,000 oysters.…
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VIP @ Îlesoniq
In just a few short years, Îlesoniq has left its mark on the EDM circuit. Featuring DJs from around the world, the 2 day music festival attracts EDM fans from across the globe to Parc Jean-Drapeau. Montreal is the perfect setting for a festival centred on partying to the craziest sounds on earth and with…
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The Breakdown
Osheaga is only a few weeks away and pretty soon Montreal will be buzzing with music and art lovers from around the world. Here’s your official daily breakdown of performances and venues. Who are you most excited to see? Friday: Saturday: Sunday: It’s going to be an action packed three days here in the city!…